{"id":816946,"date":"2026-07-21T19:09:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816946\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:09:13","slug":"start-vs-sit-2-must-plays-and-who-to-avoid-in-week-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/816946\/","title":{"rendered":"Start vs. Sit: 2 must-plays and who to avoid in Week 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 7 unveiled Hamilton\u2019s Tre Ford<\/a> and his 20.9 Fantasy Points that carried several teams in CFL Weekly Fantasy.<\/p>\n

Ford was also a winning asset for those playing CFL Fantasy presented by theScore Bet, as his 109 rushing yards added a lot of valuable points.<\/p>\n

What does Week 8 hold for us? As usual, we have a start and a sit for both formats, giving you a foundation to build your lineups.<\/p>\n

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START<\/p>\n

DAMONTE COXIE | RECEIVER | TORONTO ARGONAUTS<\/p>\n

The Argos have five of the top 20 receivers in the CFL. Damonte Coxie has the highest upside for fantasy players as he enters Week 8 with at least 70 receiving yards in four straight games while catching 19 of his 27 targets in the past three contests.<\/p>\n

Toronto\u2019s explosive passing attack squares off against a BC pass defence that has allowed 15 passing majors and a league-high 74 per cent completion rate to opposing pivots. That plays well for Coxie and the rest of the Argos\u2019 receiving unit, each of whom needs to be in your Week 8 lineups.<\/p>\n

SIT<\/p>\n

TRE FORD | QUARTERBACK | HAMILTON TIGER-CATS<\/p>\n

Tre Ford<\/a>\u2019s dual-threat skills carried the Ticats over the Argonauts and offered hope to an offence that was quickly running thin on that commodity. Asking Ford to duplicate his 327 yards from scrimmage is a big request, especially against a Montreal defence looking to bounce back from one of its worst efforts of the season.<\/p>\n

The potential is there for Ford to emerge as a reliable fantasy option. However, fantasy users should avoid Ford\u2019s second act before deciding if he\u2019s worth an investment over the remainder of the year.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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START<\/p>\n

TREVOR HARRIS | QUARTERBACK | SASKATCHEWAN ROUGHRIDERS<\/p>\n

The game features both Saskatchewan and Edmonton with only one win and battling for first place in the West Division.<\/p>\n

Turnovers in each of the past three games have taken away from Trevor Harris<\/a>\u2019 20.6 Fantasy Points, yet the veteran has accounted for at least two majors in each game. The Riders are third in the league with 31.8 offensive points per game and will attack an Edmonton defence that has yielded just 14 offensive majors. Use Harris as your starting pivot and anchor of your Week 8 lineup. If you can stack a Riders receiver, it\u2019s all the better.<\/p>\n

SIT<\/p>\n

CHASE BRICE | QUARTERBACK | BC LIONS<\/p>\n

Asked to replace the injured Nathan Rourke<\/a>, Chase Brice<\/a> completed 20 of 34 passes and a major but also threw four interceptions in the loss at Edmonton. There\u2019s no word about Rourke\u2019s status entering Saturday\u2019s game against an Argonauts pass defence that has allowed 348.8 yards per game and 15 completions of better than 30 yards.<\/p>\n

Starting Brice (if he\u2019s also starting the game himself) is a high-risk play considering the receiving corps he has available. One could start Brice and stack him with Keon Hatcher Sr., hoping both can score at least 20 FP. There are better gambles out here this week, so look elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Week 7 unveiled Hamilton\u2019s Tre Ford and his 20.9 Fantasy Points that carried several teams in CFL Weekly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-816946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}